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Naval Station Norfolk shooter identified A Portsmouth truck driver with felony convictions has been identified as the gunman who shot and killed a sailor at Naval Station Norfolk, according to the Navy. Jeffrey Tyrone Savage, 35, was shot and killed by Navy security after he drove onto the base, approached the USS Mahan, disarmed a Navy guard and shot another sailor who rushed to help. Investigators have not established a motive in the case. Savage was not authorized to be on base, said the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which is leading the probe.

The civilian gunman who shot and killed a sailor at Naval Station Norfolk has been identified as a Portsmouth resident with a criminal history. Jeffrey Tyrone Savage, 35, was identified by Navy Times, citing sources familiar with the investigation. The Daily Press confirmed the name through an additional source. Savage was 35 years old, and his motive in the case remains unclear. Late Monday night, he entered Naval Station Norfolk driving a semi-truck and parked near Pier 1. He approached the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan and confronted the petty officer of the watch.

- The 24-year-old sailor killed Monday at Naval Station Norfolk put himself in the line of fire to save a comrade's life in an "incredibly extraordinary" act of courage, a Navy captain said Wednesday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark A. Mayo died after being shot by a civilian who came onboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan and wrestled a gun away from the petty officer of the watch. Mayo was fatally shot after putting himself between the civilian and the watch officer, said Capt.

Last July, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman left Naval Station Norfolk for the Middle East. As with all deployments, the crew realized they wouldn't see their loved ones for several months. But a handful of Truman sailors had a different problem. They had brothers, sisters and spouses on the carrier USS George H.W. Bush, also based in Norfolk. The Bush was planning to leave Norfolk before the Truman was scheduled to get back home. So they would be apart even longer. Well, the Bush left Hampton Roads in February, right on schedule, as the Truman was still on deployment.

A couple of new book offerings as well as upcoming events will please history lovers. Norfolk's Navy base "Naval Station Norfolk" is the newest in the pictorial history series by Arcadia Publishing, and it has plenty to offer for the aficionado of naval history, including about 200 photos of the base, beginning even before the naval base was formed. Among the highlights: a chapter on World War II at the Navy base and the need to expand facilities, including 11 new barracks, a new auditorium and more.

President Obama's upcoming defense budget raises the possibility of losing an aircraft carrier in the coming years while requiring Hampton Roads to face another military base-closing commission. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discussed the spending plan Monday in advance of its March 4 rollout. It will face intense scrutiny from defense-minded members of Congress, including those in Hampton Roads, where 43 percent of the gross regional product is tied to defense spending. This budget seeks to reshape the military after 13 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Hagel made it clear that times are changing.

The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush left Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday on its second deployment, leading a strike group of ships and aircraft to the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea. The deployment is part of an ongoing rotation of U.S forces in the region, the Navy said. Besides the Bush, the strike group consists of the guided missile destroyer USS Truxton, which also left from Norfolk, plus two warships based at Naval Station Mayport in Florida: the guided missile destroyer USS Roosevelt and guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea. The strike group is commanded by Rear Adm. John C. Aquilino and includes Carrier Air Wing 8, which consists of squadrons of fighter jets, early-warning aircraft, support planes and helicopters.

The eastbound lanes of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel were shut down for about three and a half hours Tuesday afternoon while crews with the Virginia Department of Transportation made emergency repairs to two metal panels at the entrance to the tunnel, officials said. The closure was prompted after inspectors discovered the panels out of position and worked to reattach them to the concrete ceiling, VDOT officials said. They said there was no significant structural damage to the tunnel.

Hampton Roads will lose the USS Theodore Roosevelt but gain the USS George Washington as part of a shift in the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fleet announced Tuesday. The shift, which also involves the USS Ronald Reagan on the West Coast, is part of rebalancing Navy strength toward the Pacific, an area considered a priority. According to a Navy press release, the moves are as follows, with specific timelines to be announced later: The Reagan, currently based in San Diego, will move to Yokosuka, Japan, where it will replace the George Washington.

Naval Station Norfolk was under assault - the sea had risen by 6 feet, storm surge was pounding the piers and a Category 3 hurricane was barreling down with blistering 129 mph winds. And before it was over, the sea would rise by 27 feet - roughly the height of a three-story building. Swaths of coastline would be underwater, installations swamped, aquifers filled with salt water, roads gone, power down. And that didn't include the human toll. "It's pretty catastrophic," said Kelly Burks-Copes, a scientist in the Environmental Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Miss.